May 01, 2008, 3:56PM

DETROIT — Carrying a sign with "They can't deport us all" handwritten on one side, 15-year-old Eduardo Casillas said he took Thursday off school to join hundreds rallying in his neighborhood in support of strengthened immigrant rights. The sophomore at Western High School was born in the U.S., but has family from Mexico and said comprehensive immigration reform needs... Full story »

April 27, 2008, 11:06PM

DETROIT — An outspoken minister whose words have rallied many but also riled up others told a 10,000-strong audience squarely in the first group that his critics get it wrong when they call him divisive and polarizing. "I describe the conditions in this country," Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr., the former pastor of Barack Obama, said during the NAACP's 53rd... Full story »

April 27, 2008, 3:00PM

OLIVER TOWNSHIP — They look like small propellers from a distance. But up close, new wind turbines dotting corn and sugar-beet farmland in Michigan's Thumb are anything but specks on the horizon. They're as tall as a 26-story building and have three 135-foot-long blades that, with the rotor, weigh a combined 145,000 pounds. Gov. Jennifer Granholm last week toured... Full story »

April 26, 2008, 3:22PM

GENESEE COUNTY — The Internet connection can be fickle, outside is a war zone and Army Spc. Jeremy Glasstetter has been up since 6 a.m. in Baghdad. But after a day of work, seven hours ahead of his classmates and more than 6,000 miles away, Glasstetter comes back to his bedroom, opens his laptop and becomes a college student. Sometimes... Full story »

April 25, 2008, 4:42PM

DETROIT — General Motors Corp. Chairman and CEO Rick Wagoner's compensation package for last year is valued at $15.7 million. That's 64 percent more than 2006 when the package was worth $9.57 million. GM spokeswoman Julie Gibson says much of the increase is stock incentive awards that are based on future performance. Full story »

April 25, 2008, 4:21PM

DETROIT – The Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr. has no problem speaking his mind about black self-determination in sermons to the 6,000-member congregation at Trinity United Church of Christ on Chicago's south side. But what the outspoken, retiring pastor says in Detroit on Sunday during his keynote address before 10,000 people at an NAACP fundraiser could affect race relations... Full story »

April 25, 2008, 4:19PM

MONROE — A woman who was severely burned in an assault by her estranged husband has died. The Monroe Evening News reports Teresia Thompson died Friday at a hospital in Toledo, Ohio, where she had been since the attack in February. The Monroe County Sheriff's Department says the 31-year-old woman became infected from her burns. The couple lived in Wayne... Full story »

April 24, 2008, 7:27PM

DETROIT — Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy said she will appeal a decision upholding a 36th District Court judge's ruling not to disqualify himself and the entire bench from hearing the criminal case against Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick. Worthy also called Thursday's refusal by Chief Judge Marylin Atkins to remove Judge Ronald Giles from the case and a June 9... Full story »

April 23, 2008, 3:36PM

DETROIT — Toyota took the global sales lead from General Motors in the first quarter, capitalizing on growth in China and Europe as GM saw its North American sales drag down gains in other markets. Toyota Motor Corp. said Wednesday it sold 2.41 million vehicles in the January-March period, compared with General Motors Corp.'s 2.25 million, prompting one industry analyst... Full story »

April 20, 2008, 8:08PM

"We have a responsibility to take care of the environment. It is our only home." - The Dalai Lama More Dalai Lama coverage • Dalai Lama on sustainability • Engaging Wisdom And Compassion • Photos: Sunday • Photos: Saturday • Dalai Lama: State of emptiness eliminates suffering • Crisler Arena crowd inspired by speeches • Quotes from the Dalai... Full story »

April 20, 2008, 1:25PM

The Dalai Lama has completed the Peter M. Wege Lecture on Sustainability at Crisler Arena, his fourth and final appearance in Ann Arbor. Watch the archived video stream of the lecture here. If you can't see moving video, hit the refresh button in the lower left of the player's toolbar. Download Adobe Flash Player Full story »

April 20, 2008, 12:28PM

NEW YORK (AP) -- Pope Benedict XVI began the final day of his American journey by blessing the site of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and pleading with God to bring "peace to our violent world." The visit by Benedict to ground zero was a poignant moment in a trip marked by unexpectedly... Full story »

April 20, 2008, 12:16PM

BEIJING (AP) -- Global automakers issued ambitious forecasts Sunday of up to 65 percent sales growth in China's booming market this year -- a striking contrast to the gloom in the United States and elsewhere. Sales of some individual models to newly prosperous Chinese drivers soared by up to 100 percent in the first quarter over the same period of... Full story »

April 20, 2008, 12:05PM

DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) -- Jaguar and Land Rover's Chief Executive Geoff Polites, who is credited with steering the storied luxury brands through the ongoing sale process to India's Tata Motors Ltd., has died. He was 60. Polites died Sunday in his home country of Australia after battling serious illness for the past two years, Ford Motor Co. said. Additional details,... Full story »

April 20, 2008, 12:03PM

NEW YORK (AP) -- For a time, "Harry Potter" superfan Steven Vander Ark seemed to be living a geeky dream. His Web site -- an obsessive catalog of spells, characters and creatures in J.K. Rowling's novels -- was a hit among fellow fanatics. He spoke at conventions. Journalists sought him out for interviews. He was a guest on NBC's "Today"... Full story »